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June 22, 1965 M. c. ANDREWS 3,191,149

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June 22, 1965 M, c, WS 3,191,149

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SPECIMEN IDENTIFICATION APPARATUS WITH MEANS FOR ALTERING STORED SPECIMEN REFERENCE FUNCTIONS Filed Jan. 15, 1962 31 Sheets-Sheet 15 FIG. 340

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June 22, 1965 M. c. ANDREWS 3,191,149

SPECIMEN IDENTIFICATION APPARATUS WITH MEANS FOR ALTERING STORED SPECIMEN REFERENCE FUNCTIONS Filed Jan. 15, 1962 31 Sheets-Sheet 17 RESET SHIFT REGISTER FlG.35b

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SPECIMEN IDENTIFICATION APPARATUS WITH MEANS FOR ALTERING STORED SPECIMEN REFERENCE FUNCTIONS Filed Jan. 15, 1962 I51 Sheets-Sheet l8 FIG.35

June 22, 1965 M. c. ANDREWS 3,191,149

SPECIMEN IDENTIFICATION APPARATUS WITH MEANS FOR ALTERING STORED SPECIMEN REFERENCE FUNCTIONS Filed Jan. 15, 1962 31 Sheets-Sheet 19 4 299 FIG. 35d

'2' REGISTER-22 J1me 1965 M c. ANDREWS 3,191,149

SPECIMEN IDENTIFICATION APPARATUS WITH MEANS FOR ALTERING- STORED SPECIMEN REFERENCE FUNCTIONS Filed Jan. 15, 1962 31 Sheets-Sheet 20 'O'REGISTER-O F|G 35 '0' 'O'REGISTER 1 SHIFT RING 9 mm 504 ACCUHULATOR 

11. A SPECIMEN IDENTIFICATION APPARATUS COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: INPUT MEANS INCLUDING A SURFACE LIGHT SCANNING DEVICE, AND A LIGHT-SENSITIVE DEVICE HAVING AN OUTPUT F(X, Y) INDICATIVE OF THE SPECIMEN; MEANS FOR GENERATING AN AUTOCORRELATION FUNCTION DS(X'',Y'') OF THE SPECIMEN INDICATION F(X, Y); MEANS FOR STORING AUTOCORRELATION FUNCTIONS DR(X'',Y'') OF REFERENCE PATTERNS R; MEANS FOR DEVELOPING THE NORMALIZED SUMS OF THE POINTBY-POINT PRODUCTS OF THE AUTOCORRELATION FUNCTION OF THE SPECIMEN AND THE AUTOCORRELATION FUNCTIONS OF THE REFERENCE PATTERNS; MEANS FOR PROVIDING AN INDICATION OF THE REFERENCE PATTERN WHICH CORRESPONDS TO THE LARGEST OF THE SUMS, WHICH IS INDICATIVE OF THE IDENTITY OF THE SPECIMEN; 